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Notices Federal Register

35186

Vol. 63, No. 124

Monday, June 29, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

U.S. Warehouse Act Fees

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to publish a schedule increasing the

licensing and inspection fees to be

charged warehouse operators under the

United States Warehouse Act (USWA)

and regulations with respect to: Cotton,

grain, tobacco, wool, dry bean, nut,

syrup, and cottonseed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen Linden, Warehouse and Inventory

Division, Farm Service Agency, United

States Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 0553,

Washington, DC 20250–0553, telephone

(202) 690–4321, FAX: (202) 690–3123,

E-Mail:

HelenlLinden@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

Background

Pursuant to the provisions of the

USWA which regulates warehouse

operations for the benefit of all

depositors, the Secretary has the

authority to license public warehouse

operators. Warehouse operators that opt

to have a USWA license understand that

fees will be imposed to cover the costs

of the program. Specifically, section 10

of the USWA (7 U.S.C. 251) mandates

the imposition of fees for USWA

licensed warehouses. The USWA

provides, in part, that:

The Secretary of Agriculture * * *

shall charge, assess, and cause to be

collected a reasonable fee for (1) Each

examination or inspection of a

warehouse * * *; (2) each license

issued to any person to classify, inspect,

grade, sample, or weigh agricultural

products stored or to be stored * * *;

(3) each annual warehouse license

issued to a warehouseman to conduct a

warehouse * * *; and (4) each

warehouse license amended, modified,

extended, or reinstated * * *. Such fees

shall cover, as nearly as practicable, the

costs of providing such services and

licenses, including administrative and

supervisory costs * * *.

The USWA mandates fee collections

to sustain the Federal warehouse

licensing and examination programs. In

keeping with the Department of

Agriculture’s strategic plan of making

the USWA more self-sufficient, the

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is raising

USWA license and user fees to increase

the amount of revenue generated to

recover operational costs for the USWA

in Fiscal Year 1999 (FY). The FY 99 fee

adjustment reflects a general, across the

board, 7.5 percent increase in fees for all

USWA licensed warehouse operators.

The regulations used in administering

USWA fees were last amended effective

October 1, 1997, (62 FR 33582, June 20,

1997 and corrected at 62 FR 42234,

August 6, 1997), at which time fee

adjustments reflected increases of no

greater than 10 percent for each type of

commodity with the rate of increase

depending on FSA’s direct costs with

respect to warehouse examinations for

that commodity.

These regulations at 7 CFR parts 735

through 743 provide that USWA fees

could be adjusted annually in order to

cover, as nearly as practicable, the

operating costs for the program.

Warehouse and Service License Fees

The fee for original issuance,

reissuance, or duplication of a license

for cotton, grain, tobacco, wool, dry

beans, nut, syrup, and cottonseed is $80

for each license issued.

The fee charged to license individuals

to inspect, sample, grade, classify, or

weigh commodities is $35 for each

service license issued.

Warehouse Annual and Inspection Fees

These fees are shown in the following

tables by agricultural product.

Inspection fees are assessed for each

original examination or inspection, or

reexamination or reinspection for

modification of an existing license.

Annual fees are assessed independently

of inspection fees.

COTTON

[In bales]

Licensed capacity

Annual fee for each

warehouse location with

a CCC storage agreement

Annual fee for each

warehouse location without a CCC storage

agreement

1–20,000 .................................................................................................................................. $590 $1,075

20,001–40,000 ......................................................................................................................... 770 1,400

40,001–60,000 ......................................................................................................................... 945 1,720

60,001–80,000 ......................................................................................................................... 1,185 2,155

80,001–100,000 ....................................................................................................................... 1,480 2,690

100,001–120,000 ..................................................................................................................... 1,775 3,225

120,001–140,000 ..................................................................................................................... 2,070 3,765

140,001–160,000 ..................................................................................................................... 2,365 4,300

160,001+ .................................................................................................................................. * 2,365 ** 4,300

*Plus $60 per 5,000 bale capacity above 160,000 bales or fraction thereof.

**Plus $110 per 5,000 bale capacity above 160,000 bales or fraction thereof.

Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of $80 for each 1,000 bales of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof, but in no case less than $160

nor more than $1,600.
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GRAIN

[In bushels]

Licensed capacity

Annual fee for each

warehouse location with

a CCC storage agreement

Annual fee for each

warehouse location without a CCC storage

agreement

1–150,000 ................................................................................................................................ $155 $280

150,001–250,000 ..................................................................................................................... 310 565

250,001–500,000 ..................................................................................................................... 460 835

500,001–750,000 ..................................................................................................................... 620 1,125

750,001–1,000,000 .................................................................................................................. 770 1,400

1,000,001–1,200,000 ............................................................................................................... 925 1,680

1,200,001–1,500,000 ............................................................................................................... 1,075 1,955

1,500,001–2,000,000 ............................................................................................................... 1,230 2,235

2,000,001–2,500,000 ............................................................................................................... 1,385 2,520

2,500,001–5,000,000 ............................................................................................................... 1,535 2,790

5,000,001–7,500,000 ............................................................................................................... 1,695 3,080

7,500,001–10,000,000 ............................................................................................................. 1,850 3,365

10,000,001+ ............................................................................................................................. * 1,850 ** 3,365

*Plus $50 per million bushels above 10,000,000 or fraction thereof.

**Plus $90 per million bushels above 10,000,000 or fraction thereof.

Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of $16 for each 10,000 bushels of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof, but in no case less than

$160 nor more than $1,600.

DRY BEANS

[In hundredweight]

Licensed capacity Annual fee

100–90,000 ............................... $770

90,001–150,000 ........................ 1,075

150,001–300,000 ...................... 1,385

300,001–450,000 ...................... 1,695

450,001–600,000 ...................... 2,000

600,001–720,000 ...................... 2,305

720,001–900,000 ...................... 2,620

900,001–1,200,000 ................... 2,925

1,200,001–1,500,000 ................ 3,225

1,500,001–3,000,000 ................ 3,535

3,000,001+ ................................ 3,845

Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of

$16 for each 1,000 hundredweight of licensed

capacity, or fraction thereof, but in no case

less than $160 nor more than $1,600.

Tobacco and wool

Annual fee: $16 for each 100,000

pounds of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $620.

Inspection fee: $16 for each 100,000

pounds of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $160

nor more than $1,600.

Nuts

Annual fee: $14 for each 100 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $620.

Inspection fee: $8 for each 100 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, of peanuts and $14 for each

1,000 hundredweight, or fraction

thereof, of other nuts, but in no case less

than $160 nor more than $1,600.

Syrup

Annual fee: $6 for each 5,000 gallons

of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof,

but in no case less than $620.

Inspection fee: $6 for each 5,000

gallons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $160

nor more than $1,600.

Cottonseed

Annual fee: $16 for each 1,000 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $620.

Inspection fee: $16 for each 1,000

short tons of licensed capacity, or

fraction thereof, but in no case less than

$160 nor more than $1,600.

Signed at Washington, DC, on June 23,

1998.

Keith Kelly,

Adminisrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 98–17179 Filed 6–26–98; 6:46 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Olympic Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Olympic PIEC Advisory

Committee will meet on July 10, 1998 at

the Olympic Natural Resources Center,

1455 South Forks Avenue, Forks,

Washington. The meeting will begin at

9:30 a.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m.

Agenda items to be covered include: (1)

Update and discussion on

reorganization plans for the Olympic

Forest; (2) Effectiveness Monitoring

Pilot Project: update from

subcommittee, presentation by Quileute

member on potential use of Soleduck

drainage and Olympic Natural

Resources Center on possible

partnership; (3) Review video on

Sequim Elk Herd Management (4)

Review Adaptive Management Area

Draft Guide; (5) Update on Soleduck

Ranger District projects and activities.

Olympic Province Committee meetings

are open to the public. Interested

citizens are encouraged to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Kathy Snow, Province Liaison,

USDA, Quilcene Ranger District, P.O.

Box 280, Quilcene, WA 98376, (360)

765–2211.

Dated: June 23, 1998.

Claire Lavendel,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–17207 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Amendment to Certification of Central

Filing System—Oklahoma

The Statewide central filing system of

Oklahoma has been previously certified,

pursuant to Section 1324 of the Food

Security Act of 1985, on the basis of

information submitted by the Oklahoma

Secretary of State, for farm products

produced in that State (52 FR 49056,

December 29, 1987).

The certification is hereby amended

on the basis of information submitted by

Tom Cole, Secretary of State, for

additional farm products used or

produced in farming operations, or a

product of such crop or livestock in its